People group profile · PG012734
The Vengoo of Cameroon
The Vengoo of Cameroon, numbering about 43,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Cameroon, North West province: Ngo Ketunjia Division, north of Ndop on Ndop Plain.
They are an indigenous people in the Bantu, Cameroon-Bamileke people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Vengo.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cameroon
- Population
- 43,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Cameroon-Bamileke
- Primary language
- Vengo (bav)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC ?
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Also known as
- Vengo, Ngo, Bamungo
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
- Location
- North West region: Ngo Ketunjia division, Ndop subdivision, Babungo village north of Ndop on Ndop plain
Where they live
Gospel status
The Vengoo are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Vengoo
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Roman Catholicism · Christianity
50% adherents
Primary language
Vengo · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Vengo
Gospel resources in Vengo
- Bible available, published 2011
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 1993 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Vengoo
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
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